The Eastern Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) is known to have slumber parties on the flowers they visit. This one was stationary on these asters for so long that I realized I could go and fetch my camera and it would still be there --- et voilĂ ! Sluggish indeed!
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Ponderings, Pics, Poems from my life
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Sleepy Bee
Monday, October 14, 2024
Orange is the New ...
She's relaxed and even frisky again, and loves looking out the window at her new realm. What a lucky, lucky cat - she seems so settled and content. Have any of you read the story from long ago (1958) called "Boats Finds a House"? Dale still has his childhood copy!
Darkness falls from their deck |
A lovely little lantern lights the way |
Sunday, October 13, 2024
I Saw It, I Saw It, I Saw It
The northern lights! Ahhhh, a phenomenally mind-blowing sight, and something I've been wanting to see for a very, very long time. We saw it clearly with our own eyes, not merely through what our cameras could capture.
Whilst shopping in Biddeford after a long day of home repairs and travel, we got a text from a friend that we should go and look outside - the northern lights were visible! We started rushing home, and were lucky enough to see it clearly as we headed home - a vast area ahead looking reddish, and then a reddish/pinkish shaft and some green curtains with a bit of shimmer to them - magic!
We tried to take it all in as we drove home (in a rush), but we eventually decided to pull off the road, and stop to LOOK while we were seeing it. I tried taking some pics, but though they weren't great, the scene before us was stupendous. I think I was trembling with excitement so much that the extra care needed to take night shots totally eluded me. By the time we reached Limerick, we were no longer seeing colors, but we decided to head straight to the Sokokis Lookout anyway. It seems as if the whole of southern Maine had the same idea - the lines of cars double-parking, up onto curbs, doing U-turns, reversing, or waiting halfway across the road for a spot was chaotic, but we were there at the tail-end of the viewing window, so managed to find a good parking bay - it was practically over by the time we got there, and most cars were leaving.
But still, I saw it, I saw it, I saw it, without a doubt.